In an 8-hour wedding shoot, how many shots do you think are reasonable to receive? I know it’s dependent if there is one shooter or two, but I’m curious what the average is AND if you were happy with the number you received.

I didn’t answer the poll because I’ve found in interviewing wedding photographers it really varies. Some photographers shoot 50 pictures of you cutting the cake, and 30 pictures of you walking down the aisle, etc. Other photographers have 5 shots of each of those things. It depends on what you want.

With our photographer we are receiving 400 final prints in 6h so for 8 I would think about 600. These are final prints so I know they will be taking more, they just wont be of quality. This is also for one photographer.

Per our photographer’s contract, we were promised 300 – 500 retouched images. I will admit that after hearing what other brides were going to get the amount worried me. I thought that it wouldn’t be enough. Now we have 648 images which includes the ones from the 2nd shooter. It’s not a thousand, but after combing through them, it’s a lot, and they’re quite good, if I do say so. I hate to be cliche but quality over quantity. There are only so many angles you can capture a cake, flowers, etc.

My suggestion is to ask prospective photographers to see a whole wedding so you can note their style and consistency and whether it matches the expectations for your own wedding. After doing that, the amount will not seem as important (unless that is important to you, of course).

@<span style=”font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px;”>Jessebel : <span style=”font-style: normal;”>Thanks for that info. Makes me feel better. I feel like my photog is quality so I am going to try not to worry too much about the quantity of pics.